March 21st

March 21, 2013

The Starkville Park Commission passed a motion to request permission from the Board of Aldermen to change the name of the Gillespie Street Center to the Needmore Community Center during its meeting Thursday at the Sportsplex.

March 21, 2013

Starkville School District stakeholders refined and revised the districtâs mission, vision, values and priorities for meeting strategic goals and prioritized different facility projects Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn during the third of four SSD strategic planning meetings.

March 20, 2013

Justin Fisher was born with cerebral palsy, a neuro-muscular condition that limits his abilities in terms of balance, walking and other motor skills. Sometimes, Fisher said, people asked him if he would relive his life without cerebral palsy given the chance.

March 20, 2013

After a 38-year career at Mississippi State University, Alumni Association Executive Director Jimmy Abraham announced this week that he would retire this summer.To subscribe to the E-edition, please click here.

March 20, 2013

The deadline to file homestead exemptions is April 1, and Oktibbeha County Tax Assessor Allen Morgan said he encouraged everyone who qualified to stop by the county court house to file or refile so they could receive exemptions from ad valorem property taxes.

March 20, 2013

In 2003, a blackout engulfed the northeastern United States.
John Dooley, vegetation manager for the western district of TVAâs coverage area, said this blackout affected 50 million people, led to 11 deaths, and cost an estimated $6 billion. There were initial fears that the blackout resulted from a terrorist attack, he said, but its actual point of origin turned out to be a single downed tree.

March 20, 2013

On the heels of Tennessee Valley Authority representatives' announcement that it planned to connect a new transmission line to Starkville this summer, two dates have been announced when power outages will take place so the company can complete its part of the project.